| StoryCorps
leaves Logan but interviews document visit
September 4, 2007 | Approximately 240 individuals took
part in 120 interviews that were recorded Aug. 2-25
during National Public Radio’s StoryCorps stay
in Logan. Although the mobile booth has moved on to
Las Cruces, N.M., Utah Public Radio listeners can hear
segments from the interviews recorded locally. These
broadcasts begin Friday, Aug. 31, at 5:30 p.m., during
“All Things Considered.” The interview segments
will be repeated Monday mornings at 7:30 and 8:30 a.m.
during “Morning Edition.” Utah Public Radio
is heard in Cache Valley at 89.5 and 91.5 FM. A complete
list of station translators is online, as is the StoryCorps
audio archive.
The StoryCorps visit in Logan is documented in a Blog
Spot (with a link from the UPR homepage), including
summaries of several of the notable interviews. There’s
a roundup of various activities the StoryCorps team
members experienced as well.
Highlighted is an interview with Andy Zimmer and Tod
Apendaike, arranged by USU’s Center for Persons
with Disabilities. The center was a partner in the StoryCorps
project.
StoryCorps facilitators Rachel Falcone and Daniel Littlewood
took time to tour the facilities on campus and got an
inside look at the ceramics program in the Department
of Art. Ceramics program head John Neely was interviewed
by former graduate student and potter Rachel Berg.
The blog also highlights a local social center, The
White Owl, and its link to love with the story of StoryCorps
volunteer Lynne McNeill and her husband, Stephen.
Logan Canyon, Bear Lake, the Great Salt Lake and Antelope
Island were stops for the facilitators during their
stay.
StoryCorps was established to create an oral history
of regular citizens, allowing everyday Americans to
preserve personal stories for their families and for
future generations across the nation. StoryCorps is
a project of Sound Portraits Productions in partnership
with NPR and the Library of Congress. Major funding
is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,
with local funding from the Utah Humanities Council
and Best Western Baugh Motel of Logan.
Utah Public Radio is a service of the College of Humanities,
Arts and Social Sciences at USU.
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